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Man turns to Pfleger after allegedly killing neighbor

December 24, 2018 at 12:38 p.m.

During an argument with his wife Wednesday, Demetrius Jackson allegedly stabbed to death a 55-year-old man who intervened, then called St. Sabina Catholic Church to pray with the Rev. Michael...

Pfleger arranges for suspect in fatal stabbing to turn himself in

May 16, 2019 at 11:59 a.m.

During an argument with his wife Wednesday, Demetrius Jackson allegedly stabbed to death a 55-year-old man who intervened, then called St. Sabina Catholic Church to pray with the Rev. Michael...

Pfleger arranges for suspect in fatal stabbing to turn himself in

November 3, 2021 at 4:15 p.m.

During an argument with his wife Wednesday, Demetrius Jackson allegedly stabbed to death a 55-year-old man who intervened, then called St. Sabina Catholic Church to pray with the Rev. Michael...

Pfleger arranges for suspect in fatal stabbing to turn himself in

December 24, 2018 at 12:39 p.m.

During an argument with his wife Wednesday, Demetrius Jackson allegedly stabbed to death a 55-year-old man who intervened, then called St. Sabina Catholic Church to pray with the Rev. Michael...

Computerized dating dates to the 1960s

December 25, 2018 at 5:13 a.m.

Before online dating, the lovelorn often had to rely on friends and family who liked to play matchmaker. But for many, today's matchmaker is a computer program that searches thousands...

Sexual predators turn to Web to snare victims

December 25, 2018 at 4:47 a.m.

Derrick Chaney may have come across as a catch on the dating website he used — successful, connected and smooth-talking. But when the 31-year-old Iowa woman Chaney courted online traveled...

Chicago church remembers ‘Capt. Santa’ and Christmas tree ship

December 24, 2018 at 12:33 p.m.

The spirit of a legendary shipmaster known in Chicago as "Captain Santa" could be felt Sunday at St. Pauls United Church of Christ. The Lincoln Park congregation celebrated the generosity...

Latest Rhodes Scholars class includes students from Chicago area

December 24, 2018 at 12:33 p.m.

Two Chicago-area natives are among 32 American Rhodes Scholars announced Sunday. Shining through a field of more than 800 applicants, Rhiana Gunn-Wright, of Oak Lawn, and Ben Wilcox, of Winnetka,...

St. Paul celebrates captain of Christmas tree ship

May 16, 2019 at 11:58 a.m.

A hundred years after a schooner loaded high with Christmas trees was lost in the icy waters of Lake Michigan, St. Paul's United Church of Christ celebrated the generosity of...

St. Paul celebrates captain of Christmas tree ship

December 24, 2018 at 12:33 p.m.

A hundred years after a schooner loaded high with Christmas trees was lost in the icy waters of Lake Michigan, St. Paul's United Church of Christ celebrated the generosity of...

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